TY - BOOK AU - Boyd,Brian AU - Nabokov,Vladimir Vladimirovich AU - Shvabrin,Stanislav TI - Verses and versions: three centuries of Russian poetry SN - 0151012644 PY - 2008/// CY - Orlando, Fl. PB - Harcourt KW - Russian poetry N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Nabokov on translation -- Nabokov: verses and versions. Mihail Lomonosov (1711-1765). Gavrila Derzhavin (1743-1816). Nikolay Karamzin (1766-1826). Konstantin Batyushkov (1787-1855). Vilgelm Kyukhelbeker (1797-1846). Anton Delvig (1798-1831). Aleksandr Pushkin (1799-1837). Evgeniy Baratïnski (1800-1844). Fyodor Tyutchev (1803-1873). Aleksey Koltsov (1809-1842). Mihail Lermontov (1814-1841). Afanasiy Fet (1820-1892). Nikolay Nekrasov (1821-1877). Aleksandr Blok (1880-1921). Vladislav Hodasevich (1886-1939). Osip Mandelshtam (1891-1938). Bulat Okudzhava (1924-1997). Program notes (various) -- French to English. Rémi Belleau (ca. 1528-1577). Henri de Régnier (1864-1936) N2 - Here, collected for the first time in one volume, are Nabokov's English translations of Russian verse, presented next to the Russian originals, as well as three never-before-published poems written in English by Nabokov himself. Here, also, are some of his notes on the dangers and thrills of translation ER -